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By now you can't go anywhere without hearing something about the #IceBucketChallenge – it's on the TV, it's in newspapers, and it's definitely on your Facebook and Instagram news feeds. Everyone, from athletes and celebs, to politicians and executives are taking part in the mega-viral social media phenomenon to help bring awareness to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Maybe even you have participated yourself, heck I did. The idea of challenging someone in the name … Continue reading
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Ridley Scott has delivered a superbly crafted, well acted, 42nd street grind house film. That is to say, Hannibal is a sick, twisted, gory film, but it's dolled up with everything money can buy and apparantly that includes an R... rather than NC17 rating. For people who are really and truly into gore films this one won't gross them out -- but for most there's four or five very strong scenes with more than they would want to see explicitly shown�even a few close-ups of gaping wounds and pieces of skin being eaten by dogs. Yum yum. If you're more than a little squeamish you'll want to avoid this film. And because the budget is high, a lot of care has been taken to provide gore effects that are state of the art. No paint colored blood or obvious use of prosthetics and dummies. Probably the most grisly special effect however doesn't involve gore.. but make-up all over a famous actors face. The camera loves this deformed face as if it were a Hollywood beauty queen's instead of a hideously scarred face. It belongs to an uncredited Gary Oldman. He plays a character named Mason Verger. Verger is an obscenely rich character who is the only victim of Hannibal's who has survived and he lives to track down and get revenge on Hannibal. He fantasizes about feeding Hannibal to Wild Boars who he has been training as if they were pit bulls. Verger was a child molester whom Hannibal drugged and suggested he slice off his own face and feed it to his dogs. He does and we watch in more detail than is required... though it's shot with fast cuts and edits. FBI agent Clarice Starling (now played by Julianna Moore�who's wonderful) is a more cynical and hardened Clarice than the rookie we met in Silence of the Lambs. . Clarice is working on a major drug bust in Washington D.C. It goes terribly wrong because the D.C. police don't listen to her orders. Her immediate supervisor is Paul Krendall, a creep played by Ray Liotta ( whose main beef with Clarice is that she won't sleep with him), makes sure she takes a lot of heat for what went wrong. He enjoys overseeing her demotion to a desk job. The press has a field day with the botched drug bust and the fact Clarice has made it into the Guiness Book or World Records as the female FBI agent who's killed the most criminals. This gets Hannibal's attention. Hannibal has been in hiding in Florence, Italy where he's become an art curator. He's been mostly behaving himself though he has apparently killed a colleague. An Italian police detective named Pazzi questions him and is intrigued with the quirky Hannibal. Pazzi (not patsy) is played well by Giancarlo Giannini whose sad eyes and world weary ways are used in entertaining if cliche'd fashion. Eventually he realizes the art curator is none other than Hannibal. Rather than inform the FBI Pazzi decides to let Mason Verger know he has found Hannibal and try to collect the 3 million dollar reward Verger has offered for the whereabouts of Hannibal. Hannibal meanwhile has written Clarice a note, re-initiating their contact and setting the stage for them to meet again. What's most disappointing about the film is we learn little that is new about Hannibal or Clarice. It's strictly a by-the-numbers sequel in many ways. Hannibal, here is a clever intelligent movie serial killer. He's playing a cat and mouse game with Verger, Pazzi and Clarice. The film is well made with a script by David Mamet and Steven Zaillian, based on the novel by Thomas Harris (which was critically savaged and not well-liked by readers either). It's a film that's too grisly and sick for most to enjoy as a cat and mouse type thriller. You may have heard there is a particularly grisly and long rather sadistic SCENE towards the end of the film which feels like something from a Dr Phibes or Theatre of Death Vinnie Price film. I felt the transition from this scene to the brief epilogue was a cheat which stretches believability way too thin. I was somewhat entertained by it, but disappointed with all the talent involved some additional character depth wasn't explored. Hopkins' Hannibal feels like a James Bond type villain and the film is closer to Fincher's Seven with more tongue in cheek humor than to the original Silence of the Lambs. In fact the sometimes clever, sometimes cheesy humor of the film will make a lot of viewers feel guilty for enjoying what is essentially a grind house film dressed up in expensive clothing. Some well constructed scenes do not hide the fact we are dealing with characters who are shadows of the one's we've seen before. The new characters are played with too much skill to be cartoonish, but they can't hide the fact they exist only to be cogs in the wheel in part two of the macabre Clarice and Hannibal dance. Christopher J. Jarmick,is the author of The Glass Coccon with Serena F. Holder a steamy suspense thriller which is now available (glasscocoon@hotmail for details).

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Fifty-Nine Percent Of Bankers Think Their Colleagues Should Look In A Mirror Once In A While
By Bess LevinAccording to a poll by the Financial Times, over half of your colleagues have been looking for a polite way to say you dress like a slob.
Since the financial crisis left them shaking in their Cleverley bespoke shoes and Christian Louboutin heels, bankers say they have started dressing for work more casually, Camilla Hall and Maija Palmer report. Some 59 per cent of bankers said their colleagues dressed less smartly than in 2009, with just under half of respondents saying that colleagues did not wear ties to the office, according to an FT poll of 135 bankers in response to the news that Savile Row tailors were feeling the effects of US tax crackdown.
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This is all nonsense. All I hear about these days are divorces, trading in of cars and abandoned country club memberships. These people are dressing like this because there are no more suits required, its business casual. Another way of saying dress down because your pay is down. Other than that I have no concerns. Now I will go back to sharpening up my guillotine
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I haven't made candles since I was a teenager and would like to start refilling my own crocks & glass containers. Soy wax, cotton wicks, no scent or color. I was hoping I could get recommendations from experienced candle makers on suppliers of soy wax & what kind works best for large crocks (>75 oz) & glass containers like old Yankee & canning jars.
Also what kind/size & brand cotton wicks do you all recommend along with a source. I recently had to find a new candle shop to refill my crocks and was taken back from what she charged. I used to pay $10 for an 86 fl oz crock of paraffin to $46 for soy. I didn't pay that much for the crock already filled.
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Hi, I started making soy candles this year. Not a pro, but learning alot. I started with a kit from MillCreek Soy Wax Candle Supply. Maybe check them out! Courious why you don't want any scent? |
I burn candles for the ambiance not the aroma. If I want aroma I'll bake cookies or a pie or something like that. Besides I don't want to inhale the toxins the oils may emit. |
- Posted by terri_pacnw (My Page) on Sat, Nov 10, 07 at 22:14
I just posted to you at the Craft forum.. I will reitterate..soy wax burns better when a fragrance oil is added..you'll have to up the wick size actually to burn a non oil scented candle. And about the toxins...If you buy quality oils, presented by people who work hard at having them created to resale..you get quality products. Most people that have trouble with burning candles, actually have trouble with the "gas"(I don't know what the technical term is. LOL) given off by paraffin burning, not the oil that fragrances them. I have an asthmatic that purchases only my soy candles, because she can't be around any others without an attack happening. And if you want ambiance, with no scent the cheapest way to get that isn't soy, but palm steric acid.And paper wicks are best for that "wax". Which you can buy at candle supply places..it's an additive used with paraffin wax to "stregthen" the wax to make stronger molded candles like pillars and such. Hmm which gives me the thought that maybe you should look at palm waxes, or palm based waxes. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Candle-wic
Hi, I really could use a little help. Has anyone made a soy candle in a large foil container? I wanted to know if this is practical, cheaper, and feasible? I ask because I want to start making them for myself, and my family. And I'm trying to learn about the containers before I get started. I appreciate all responses, and I thank you. |
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The beginning of Season 3 brings good fortune to some at Downton Abbey, heartache and anxiety to others.
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The Dowager Countess: up. The arrival of Lady Grantham's flamboyant, nouveau-riche American mother (Shirley MacLaine) gives Dame Violet many opportunities to warble her unparalleled zingers: When Shirley says she enjoys the sun, Violet replies: "So I see."
Lord Grantham: down. He suffers a serious financial setback and gets cross about having to adjust to newfangled notions.
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Lady Mary: down. Since she's (finally) getting married to Matthew, she should be soaring. But once again, there's trouble in paradise. And, no, it doesn't involve another dead Turkish diplomat in her boudoir.
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Lady Edith: down. Can this star-crossed sad sack ever catch a romantic break? It's looking doubtful.
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Looking toward the future: John and Fledra Hatch
May 17, 2012 John W. Hatch came to UNC in 1970 to work at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. Soon, he was enrolled as a doctoral student at UNC's School of Public Health. He became a professor of health behavior and health education, retiring in 1995 as Kenan Professor emeritus…. Read more »
Conger bequest helps educate new public health leaders
May 17, 2012 In 1962, Conger received a medal for service from the mayor of Canar, Ecuador. When Harold Conger finished his engineering degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was eager to see the world. Through the U.S. Agency for International Development, he traveled to Guatemala City, where he helped build Roosevelt Hospital,… Read more »
We're glad we can say 'thanks!'
May 17, 2012 The School will always claim the Merrills as Tar Heels, even though they live in Virginia. Pictured (l-r) are Hamilton, Teri, Mark and Madeline (UNC class of 2013). Mark Merrill, MSPH, has been an active alumnus of the School for more than 25 years, serving several terms on the Public Health… Read more »
World of Difference Dinner: Celebrating locally produced foods
May 17, 2012 Dr. P.K. Sen and wife Gauri Sen Jelly jars filled with wildflowers and dried herbs atop burlap tablecloths. Hay bales cushioning baskets of locally grown fruits and vegetables. A five-star meal made all the better by the guests' awareness of where all the food was grown or raised–within 50 miles of… Read more »
Adjunct faculty member, alumnus named 'Champion of Change' by White House
May 15, 2012 Searing receives a U.S. flag from Rep. Price. Adam Searing, adjunct faculty member in UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health's Public Health Leadership Program and School alumnus, was honored earlier this month for his achievements as a leading health care advocate in North Carolina. Named a "Champion of Change" by… Read more »
School team wins Carolina Challenge, another takes third place
April 26, 2012 KM Water Solutions, a team affiliated with UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, took first place overall in the Carolina Challenge, a business and social venture competition designed to promote entrepreneurship at the university. The team, selected from 70 applicants, was presented with a $15,000 prize at the 'final four'… Read more »
Rutala, Koch selected for Barr, Greenberg awards
April 18, 2012 William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, and Gary G. Koch, PhD, were honored with the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health's most prestigious awards for alumni and faculty at a ceremony preceding the annual Fred T. Foard Jr. Memorial Lecture on April 17. Rutala, who earned master's and doctoral degrees at… Read more »
Public health groups and individuals honored for public service
April 12, 2012 Projects to support breastfeeding at hospitals in North Carolina, HIV-positive youth in Uganda, and the participation of Latino men in reproductive health were among those honored March 28 at an annual awards ceremony conducted by the Carolina Center for Public Service. Kathy Parry (left) and Emily Taylor accept Bryan Awards… Read more »
Better lung health may portend better heart health, UNC study suggests
April 10, 2012 A large population-based study has found that lung function and obstructive airway diseases are strongly and independently associated with heart failure. Importantly, say the investigators, the association was evident in never-smokers and still evident after adjustment for smoking status and cigarette-years of smoking. Dr. Sunil Agarwal The study, published online Feb…. Read more »
Adolescent expectations of early death predict young adult socioeconomic status
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Other than being a neutral space that is safe from bombardment, does the Galactic Council serve any purpose?
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None other than the fact that there is a secret win condition tied to it. I think it reads "I win if I have more forces in the Galactic Council than any other player." or something to that effect. That and the obvious strategic positioning as you should be able to reach almost any other place from there in one move.
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Though, with a game where movement is defined by two characteristics - you cannot block others from moving through a territory you control and that you cannot move more than 2 spaces (unless you play the Federation or control a Spaceport) - the central location becomes very important.
Making it a forced neutral space makes it an important staging ground for deploying your forces.


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Trade rumors continue to swirl in San Francisco about Alex Smith, and Mike Florio says there is no question the QB will be traded. When will he be moved and which team is the most likely destination?
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Lane Kiffin staying at Alabama
If the 49ers were hoping to land Lane Kiffin as their offensive coordinator, they'll need to look in a different direction.
Kiffin announced Saturday that he'll return for a second season running the offense at the University of Alabama. There were reports earlier this month that Kiffin was a "front-runner" for the same job on Jim Tomsula's staff, but he's decided to keep on rolling with Nick Saban after leading the Crimson Tide to a school record for total offense.
"I made a comment at the Sugar Bowl that I would be back this fall at Alabama and that is definitely the plan. This time of year, there are lots of things out there regarding other coaching opportunities, but I want to reaffirm my commitment to the University of Alabama, Coach Saban, and our team," Kiffin said in a statement. "I'm excited about what our offensive staff was able to accomplish last year, but I also think there are a lot of things we can do a better job of in terms of putting our players in the best situation to have success."
Colts assistant Rob Chudzinski is also thought to be a candidate for the job. The Colts blocked him from interviewing, but Chudzinski's contract is coming to an end so he'll be free to talk to the 49ers as long as they don't hire someone else.
Packers' Sam Shields admits he thinks Dez Bryant made the catch
Packers cornerback Sam Shields was covering Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant on his infamous overruled catch when their teams met in the playoffs. At the time, Shields said the ref made a good call in reversing the catch. Now Shields admits that's not how he saw it.
Shields told ESPN that he believes Bryant did catch the ball, and he is surprised the Packers won their challenge of the play.
"It was a catch," Shields said, "But the new rule and at the last minute what happened, that's what the refs came up with. I never said he didn't catch it. He made a helluva catch I was in great coverage. Like I said, it was good on good and he came up with the catch."
Shields seems surprised that Bryant reaching for the goal line didn't constitute a "football move" that would make it a catch.
"I did look back and I seen him reaching and I guess that's when he didn't control the ball as he was doing that," Shields said.
What Shields doesn't seem to realize is that the NFL rules say that when a player makes a catch as he's going to the ground, he must maintain control, and Bryant didn't. Under NFL rules, it wasn't a catch. But the fact that even Shields thinks it was a catch shows just how convoluted the NFL's rules are.
NFL to test new replay system at Pro Bowl
This year's Pro Bowl will be used to experiment with a variety of new procedures. Most already were known. One potentially significant one wasn't.
Per Darren Rovell of ESPN.com, replay review during the Pro Bowl will be conducted via review of the play on a Microsoft Surface tablet — and with communication via Bose headphones.
That replaces the voting-booth approach the NFL has used since replay review returned well over a decade ago, with the referee examining a monitor hidden behind a curtain.
Per Rovell, the change is part of an effort to better integrate the products for which the NFL is paid millions of dollars to use. It's unclear whether the NFL will ditch the mobile replay unit and use tablets exclusively for games that count.
Bill Belichick on sideline videotaping: "We never did it again"
After a more than 2,000-word opening statement in his Saturday press conference detailing how the club's footballs might have become under-inflated in the AFC title game vs. Indianapolis, Patriots coach Bill Belichick opened the floor for a question-and-answer session.
Seven questions in, a sore subject for the Patriots was broached: the 2007 videotaping scandal that cost the club a first-round pick and $250,000 in fines, plus another $500,000 docked from Belichick.
According to the press conference transcript from the Patriots, here's what Belichick was asked:
"You said you always try to err on the side of caution and stay on the right side of the rules, but with the videotaping it was clear that you were pushing the envelope on that. Is that something that changed that?"
Here was Belichick's response, per the Patriots:
"I mean, look, that's a whole other discussion," Belichick said of the Patriots' taping of the Jets' signals from the sidelines. "The guy's giving signals out in front of 80,000 people, OK?
"So we filmed him taking signals out in front of 80,000 people, like there were a lot of other teams doing at that time, too. Forget about that. If we were wrong then we've been disciplined for that."
Before a follow-up question could be completed, Belichick continued:
"The guy's in front of 80,000 people. 80,000 people saw it. Everybody [on the] sideline saw it. Everybody sees our guy in front of the 80,000 people. I mean, there he is.
"So, it was wrong, we were disciplined for it. That's it. We never did it again. We're never going to do it again and anything else that's close, we're not going to do either."
It's possible Belichick could again be asked about "Spygate" at the Super Bowl, especially after indicating Saturday that "there were a lot of other teams" filming signals around 2007, too. However, it doesn't seem likely Belichick would be very expansive about this topic next week. To borrow a phrase from Jerry Reinsdorf, this might be our only bite of the apple on "Spygate."
Then again, who saw Saturday's press conference coming?
Belichick's explanation on inflation raises new questions
Saturday's unexpected press conference from Patriots coach Bill Belchick seemed like an effort to put the issue behind the team as the trip to Phoenix and Super Bowl XLIX awaits. But Belichick's words, which deftly loaded up the media with information on the subject at a time when the NFL is providing very little, raise several key questions.
Most significantly, Belichick's Thursday and Saturday press conferences starkly differ on one key question: Who inflates the footballs?
"Obviously with our footballs being inflated to the 12.5-pound range, any deflation would then take us under that specification limit," Belichick said Thursday. "Knowing that now, in the future we will certainly inflate the footballs above that low level to account for any possible change during the game." (Emphasis added.)
On Saturday, Belichick said that the Patriots have no control over the actual inflation, indicating that the officials — not the team — inflate the footballs.
"When the footballs are delivered to the officials' locker room, the officials were asked to inflate them to 12.5 PSI," Belichick said. "What exactly they did, I don't know. But for the purposes of our study, that's what we did. We set them at 12.5. That's at the discretion of the official, though. Regardless of what we ask for, it's the official's discretion to put them where he wants." (Emphasis added.)
So who inflates the footballs? Thursday's "I have no explanation" Bill Belichick made clear it's the team that was putting the minimum required amount of 12.5 PSI into the balls before the game, and that any naturally-occurring deflation was necessarily taking the footballs under the low end of the one-pound acceptable range from 12.5 to 13.5 PSI. Saturday's "I have an extensive explanation" Bill Belichick said the Patriots simply ask the officials to inflate the footballs to 12.5 PSI, but that it's ultimately the "official's discretion" as to how much air will be put in the footballs. (And, in turn, the official's fault if the balls weren't properly inflated.)
It's a stunning contrast, one that calls for further explanation from Belichick. This should be the first question he's asked at his first press conference in Arizona, and the assembled media should decline to accept a response along the lines of, "I've said all I'm going to say about that."
Another topic on which Belichick may need to say more than he has said is the interaction between inflation of the balls to 12.5 PSI and any "rubbing" that results in the balls reaching an "equilibrium state" of 11.5 PSI. The key question is whether anyone in the organization — specifically mysterious football savant Ernie Adams — knew that any type of rubbing would result in the ball reaching an "equilibrium state" that brought it one full PSI below the minimum. Beyond that, atmospheric conditions would drop the ball even farther below the minimum.
Other curious statements were made by Belichick on Saturday. For example: "We can't speak specifically to what happened because we have no way of touching the footballs other than once the officials have them we don't touch them except for when we play with them in the game." That's just not accurate; ball attendants employed by the Patriots have possession of the 12 game balls and the 12 backup balls until they're used during the game.
"I believe now 100 percent that I have personally, and we as an organization, have absolutely followed every rule to the letter," Belichick said early in the Saturday press conference. But there's a potential difference between following rules to the letter and respecting their spirit. As Ravens defensive lineman Chris Canty said earlier in the week on NBCSN's Pro Football Talk, the Patriots are "habitual line-steppers." In an effort to gave every possible advantage, they possibly look for ways to push the envelope, retreating to plausible deniability whenever complaints are made or investigations are launched.
It would be naive to assume that the procedures used by the Patriots when it comes to inflating and handling footballs was accidental or coincidental, even if Belichick truly had no knowledge or involvement in that aspect of game preparations. The ultra-competitive nature of the sport coupled with the uncanny ability of Belichick and those he employs to seize upon every opportunity to gain an edge suggests that they discovered a way to produce footballs that passed the pregame inspection at the low end of the permitted PSI and that then dropped well below the minimum, furthering the stated preferences of the guy charged with the task of throwing the footballs.
North rolls to 34-13 victory in Senior Bowl
Nebraska running back Ameer Abdullah garnered Most Outstanding Player honors as the North pulled away to a 34-13 victory in Saturday's Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.
One of the more well-regarded backs in the Class of 2015, Abdullah (5-8, 198) gained 73 yards rushing on just seven carries and added four receptions on 40 yards for the North, which was led by the Titans' coaching staff.
Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty (North) paced all passers with 123 yards on 9-of-13 attempts, though he was picked once. Oregon State's Sean Mannion added 79 yards on 9-of-13 passes for the North, including a touchdown pass to Notre Dame tight end Ben Koyack.
Yale running back Tyler Varga scored a pair of fourth-quarter rushing touchdowns for the North, which outscored the South 24-6 after halftime. Minnesota running back David Cobb (11 carries, 69 yards) added the North's other TD.
Northern Iowa running back David Johnson tallied the South's lone touchdown, a 19-yard first-quarter score. Colorado State quarterback Garrett Grayson led the South with 118 yards passing on 8-of-15 attempts.
The Jaguars coached the South team. Jacksonville selects third in the upcoming draft, with Tennessee picking second.
Oddsmaker: Super Bowl line won't reach a field goal
The defending-champion Seahawks remain one-point underdogs to New England at the majority of Nevada sports books.
And the price has even inched up a little at one notable book.
As Micah Roberts of "The Linemakers" of Sporting News notes, Wynn Las Vegas moved Seattle to a 1.5-point underdog on Saturday, becoming the first Nevada sports book to go that high.
However, Wynn oddsmaker John Avello told Roberts that "we're not seeing anyone rush to the windows" to back Seattle, even at the higher price.
Avello, for his part, told "The Linemakers" he suspects "those looking to bet large" on the Seahawks are hoping the line hits a field goal, but the veteran Las Vegas oddsmaker doesn't believe that will happen.
"I could see 2 or maybe even 2.5, but not 3," Avello said, according to "The Linemakers."
The Seahawks opened as slight favorites on Sunday night, but Patriots money drove the line toward New England, which is now favored at numerous hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, including the MGM and Caesars properties.
Saints reach deal with CFL CB Delvin Breaux
The Saints are signing a CFL star with Louisiana ties.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, New Orleans has reached a deal with ex-Hamilton Tiger-Cats cornerback Delvin Breaux.
In his second season with Hamilton, the 25-year-old Breaux (6-1, 196) was voted to the CFL's 2014 All-Star squad.
A serious neck injury prevented Breaux, a one-time LSU signee, from playing college football, but he caught on with the Arena Football League's New Orleans VooDoo in 2012 before joining Hamilton.
Breaux had workouts with 13 NFL clubs, ESPN reported.
The Ticats released Breaux on Saturday, which presumably allows him to join New Orleans.
NFL warns Marshawn Lynch a crotch grab will cost 15 yards
The threat of fines has not deterred Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch from grabbing his crotch after scoring touchdowns. But the threat of a 15-yard penalty might.
The NFL wants Lynch to know that officials will be on the lookout and ready to assess a 15-yard penalty if Lynch does it again. NFL V.P. of Officiating Dean Blandino told ESPN's Sal Paolantonio that the Seahawks have been warned that if Lynch makes an obscene gesture at any time during Super Bowl XLIX, the Seahawks will be penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Blandino told Paolantonio that if Lynch grabs his crotch after scoring a touchdown, "that means they will kick off from the 20 yard line."
That's where the Seahawks would have kicked off after Lynch scored a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship Game. If the officials had seen Lynch grab his crotch, he would have been penalized.
Lynch got away with it that time. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll will probably tell Lynch in no uncertain terms that he can't risk it in the Super Bowl. If Lynch wants to pay a fine out of his own paycheck, that's his business. If he hurts the team, that's another story.
Over-Under on Doug Baldwin's Super Bowl catches: four
Welcome to Day Two of PFT's Prop Challenge, where we analyze one of the hundreds of Super Bowl XLIX proposition bets set by Las Vegas oddsmakers and let you vote upon what side you would take — hypothetically, of course.
On Day One, we took a closer look at the Over-Under on Patriots wideout Brandon LaFell's Super Bowl receiving yards, which the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook sets at 50.5 yards.
With a little more than 5,000 votes in our poll, OVER 50.5 yards for Brandon LaFell in Super Bowl XLIX leads by a 55-45 margin.
So on to the next order of business.
As promised, the second prop is a Seahawks one. And it's also a receiving-related gamble.
Linemaker William Hill U.S. sets the Over-Under on Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin's receptions at four.
The OVER, interestingly enough, is even money, meaning bettors will double up on a winning bet.
The UNDER, however, is -120, meaning bettors have to bet $12 to win $10.
In short, OVER four catches is set to entice.
Again, we turn to you. Including the playoffs, Baldwin averages 4.2 catches per contest, and he's exceeded four catches seven times. In his last five postseason games, Baldwin has caught 22-of-28 passes thrown his way, including all five targets in Super Bowl XLVIII.
On the other hand, Baldwin faces a strong New England secondary headlined by standout cornerback Darrelle Revis, one of the game's very best at his position.
Which way to go — OVER or UNDER four catches for Doug Baldwin? Cast your vote and tell us in the comments.
Belichick's explanation invites scrutiny, analysis, testing
By offering a detailed explanation of the things the Patriots do to prepare their footballs for games and the pressure changes that occur inside the bladders contained in those footballs, Patriots coach Bill Belichick has thrown down the gauntlet to anyone who would doubt his version of reality.
And now the media outlets that spent the week comparing balls inflated to 12.5 PSI with balls inflated to 10.5 PSI will parse through Belichick's words, copy his recipe, and try it on their own footballs. With actual scientists, not a football coach, reporting the results.
On one hand, Belichick deliberately has set up what the lawyers call a "battle of the experts." It happens in a trial when one side brings in a witness with specialized knowledge who tells one story based on the physical evidence and the other side brings in a witness with specialized knowledge who tells the exact opposite story based on that same evidence.
That reality makes Belichick's My Cousin Vinny reference even more appropriate. In that film, Mona Lisa Vito testified as an expert witness who obliterated the testimony from the dude who played the prosecutor in the Seinfeld finale. In real life, there's a chance that Belichick will be the guy who played the prosecutor in the Seinfeld finale — and that a looming litany of scientists and engineers and other highly-educated folks will duplicate the variables contained in Belichick's explanation, come to their own conclusions, and eventually reprise Joe Pesci's two-sentence opening statement from the trial at which Ms. Vito testified:
"Everything that guy just said is bullsh-t. Thank you."
Belichick now has the ammunition to get his team ready to beat Seattle
During an epic, unexpected, and entirely bizarre Saturday press conference, Patriots coach Bill Belichick said he was "embarrassed" to admit the amount of time he'd spent in recent days on football air pressure.
In the end, it could be time well spent.
As he turns his focus to the Super Bowl after a week that has been marred by #DeflateGate, Belichick now has everything he needs to motivate his players to have the game of their lives against Seattle.
"This is the kind of thing that he is able to manipulate minds with," one league source said. "'Us against the world. . . . 'No one thinks you can win unless we cheat.' . . . 'The world is calling us cheaters.' . . . 'They don't think we belong here.'"
The ultimate prediction from the source? "The Patriots are going to slaughter the Seahawks."
That said, the Seahawks are pretty good. And they've been able to make good use of the past six days.
"This was an excellent week for us," coach Pete Carroll told reporters on Friday. "We did it just the way we wanted to. We practiced as though we were playing a game this week so we got all the installation in as we always do so we're ready to go."
Carroll also realizes that he has been able to allow his team to focus fully on the task at hand.
"It's a big deal for them," Carroll said of the lingering ball-deflation controversy. "I know they're dealing with it. It isn't for us at all. It has no bearing on anything."
But if Belichick is able to better press his players' buttons because of the pending investigation and widespread accusations, it will definitely have a bearing on Carroll's team in eight days.
Bill Belichick quotes science, My Cousin Vinny in bizarre presser
The Patriots raised the bar on the normal Friday afternoon news dump, calling a 2:30 p.m. ET press conference on the Saturday before the Super Bowl.
And after making reporters wait 35 minutes, it was coach Bill Belichick taking the podium, to tell reporters, "I believe 100 percent we have followed every rule to the letter."
Belichick detailed their process for preparing balls for game day, and he said their process of getting balls ready raised the air pressure by one pound per square inch. He then talked about putting his quarterbacks through a series of tests to see if they could tell the difference in balls at different air pressure.
He insisted the balls weren't prepared in a heated room, or treated in any unique way.
There was a lot of scientific bluster from Belichick, none of which explained why 11 of his 12 balls weren't in compliance but all 12 of the Colts' were.
He even quoted the movie My Cousin Vinny, saying he was "no Mona Lisa Vito," in terms of ball knowledge compared to Marisa Tomei's character's mechanical knowledge.
"I'm embarrassed to talk about the amount of time I've put into this, relative to the challenge in front of us," Belichick said.
In many ways, we all are.
But it's hard to tell after this press conference that we're any closer to knowing what happened.
Matthew Slater: NFLPA has "instructed" Patriots players to "reserve comment" on deflation investigation
The NFL's football-deflation investigation figures to be much discussed at the Super Bowl.
However, the discussion might go on without Patriots players contributing much.
At a Saturday morning press conference, Patriots wide receiver Matthew Slater said the NFL Players Association had recommended New England players not publicly address the issue.
"I'd love to get into that with you, but we have been instructed by our union as players to reserve comment on this situation," Slater said. "It's an ongoing investigation, so in order to protect our players, we're going to go ahead and not talk about that."
Slater's response was to a question about "Deflategate" and how the NFL might prevent such a controversy from occurring again.
Slater, 29, is the Patriots' player representative. He is regarded as one of the NFL's top special teams coverage players.
No matter the NFLPA's recommendations, the "Deflategate" questions will come at the Super Bowl. Moreover, it's likely Patriots players would politely parry them away all the same.
Pete Carroll declares the Earl Thomas injury to be "over"
The official injury report, which had Seahawks safety Earl Thomas participating in practice on a limited basis on Friday, suggests that the player is still dealing with a shoulder injury suffered in the first half of the NFC title game. The team's head coach says Thomas isn't.
"It's over," Carroll told reporters on Friday. "It's over, really. It was two days of him being very uncomfortable with the setting and it's over now. He was back in action and in full flow today."
Discomfort is only part of the problem for Thomas, as former NFL athletic trainer and NBC Sports Medicine Analyst Mike Ryan said on Friday's PFT Live on NBC Sports Radio. Ryan explained it's not about pain but range of motion, if Thomas will be wearing a harness to stabilize the shoulder he dislocated. Ryan said that could make it difficult for Thomas to reached over his head with his hands and arms — which could hamper his ability to deal with a tall pass-catcher like Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski.
For all of Friday's show (really, I didn't pick this topic for the sole purpose of pushing the on-demand stream), click the show logo in the top right corner of the page or the NBC Sports Radio logo in the right rail. Other guests included Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe and ESPN, Larry Holder of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Clarence E. Hill, Jr. of the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.


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Johnny Depp is bringing "The Lone Ranger" to Las Vegas during CinemaCon next month.
Disney announced last week that Johnny, co-star Armie Hammer, director Gore Verbinski, and producer Jerry Bruckheimer will discuss the movie on April 17 after showing 20 minutes of exclusive footage to 400 fans at the convention.
Can't make it to Vegas? They will be live streaming the event on Yahoo Movies and Livestream. Fans around the world can also submit questions through Twitter using the hashtag #LoneRanger for the event.
The Q & A session will take place at the AMC Town Square 18 in Las Vegas at 1 p.m. PT.
Johnny Depp proudly holds his blimp trophy on stage at the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards held at the USC Galen Center on Saturday (March 23) in Los Angeles.
The 49-year-old actor won the award for Favorite Movie Actor for his work in the flick "Dark Shadows".
Johnny beat out The Amazing Spider-Man's Andrew Garfield, Men in Black 3's Will Smith, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days' Zachary Gordon to be the favorite among the kid voters!
I uploaded 35 MQ pictures of Johnny during the show, and 22 backstage. Check them out!
- [x035] Public Appearances > 2013 > Nickelodeon's 26th Kids' Choice Awards – Show
[x022] Public Appearances > 2013 > Nickelodeon's 26th Kids' Choice Awards – Backstage
Johnny Depp is currently filming the upcoming flick "Lucky Them" in the Seattle area, and he surprised small-town fans when he serenaded locals in the town of Carnation while taking a break from work.
The 49-year-old actor apparently had no qualms about interacting with his starstruck locals, looking relaxed and content as he played guitar and posed for pics.
Local reports suggest Depp was filming at a small lodge near the town, located in the Snoqualmie Valley and boasting a population of fewer than 2,000, when he decided upon the impromptu performance.
And from the looks of his smiling fans, he certainly made their day!
I uploaded 24 MQ pictures of Johnny arriving at The Late Show with David Letterman. Feel free to check them out! I'm planning to replace them with HQ ones as soon as possible.
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I finally managed to add 35 MQ pictures of Johnny during the Pre-GRAMMY Gala and 34 HQ/MQ pictures during The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards show in Los Angeles to the photo gallery. Feel free to check them out! Johnny looked handsome, as always.
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The jokes can get pretty random on Family Guy, but this week there will be some high-powered star wattage powering one such gag: Johnny Depp. The film star makes his debut on the animated comedy by voicing one of his most memorable and sharpest characters from the big screen, Edward Scissorhands.
In the episode, which airs Sunday at 9 p.m. on Fox, Lois goes through a mid-life crisis and starts acting like someone half her age. As Chris, Meg, Stewie, and Brian wonder what's wrong with her, Depp appears in a cutaway gag playing the titular character from Edward Scissorhands… as a night nurse. What will happen when Johnny reprises this iconic role for nearly 20 seconds? Press play and hold your babies tight.
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Johnny Depp performs as a guest guitarist Onstage during the Petty Fest at El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. He's seen on many pictures ogether with bassist Michael Jared Followill of Kings of Leon rocking the stage. Check them out!
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He's been a tipsy pirate, a crazed milliner, and a blade-fingered freak. Now Johnny Depp is trying out a different kind of role: book publisher.
The actor's imprint will be a division of HarperCollins and will bear the same weighty-sounding name as his production company, "Infinitum Nihil," which means "Nothing is forever." Already slated for Depp's imprint is The Unraveled Tales of Bob Dylan by journalist Douglas Brinkley, to be released in 2015. Brinkley and Johnny are already co-editing House of Earth, a long-forgotten novel written by the late folk musician Woody Guthrie, which is scheduled for some time next year.
If Johnny's choice in roles is any indication, his taste in books as an imprint head will probably run eclectic and at times prove way too cool for the average reader.
"I pledge, on behalf of Infinitum Nihil, that we will do our best to deliver publications worthy of people's time, of people's concern, publications that might ordinarily never have breached the parapet," said Depp in a statement. "For this dream realized, we would like to salute HarperCollins for their faith in us and look forward to a long and fruitful relationship together."
Other public figures who lead their own imprints include Chelsea Handler, Rachael Ray, Anthony Bourdain, and Glenn Beck.
What kind of books do you hope to see from Depp?
Johnny was the delight of the Comanche Nation fair on Saturday morning when parade watchers realized the famous Hollywood actor was part of the parade. On Saturday morning the entertainer was seen in a black convertible driving his way through the streets in celebration of the special event.
Arriving first in an SUV and then transferring to a convertible, the entertainer wasn't expected by the locals as people were worried about chaos. Instead, the shock of seeing the star as he rolled down the street had people screaming with delight and stunned to see such a big personality.
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Showing solidarity for a man he believes was wrongly convicted, Johnny Depp attended "Damien Echols In Conversation, With Johnny Depp" at Barnes & Noble Union Square in New York City on Friday (September 21).
Looking a bit like a hipster cowboy, the "Dark Shadows" star donned a brown leather jacket; black, red, and gray scarf; gray trousers; and a black cowboy hat with a beaded band. The 49-year-old actor supported Echols, one of the famous West Memphis Three, who was promoting a book detailing his life after being released from death row.
That same day, a crew member on Johnny's new film, "The Lone Ranger," tragically drowned while preparing a water tank for an upcoming scene. Law enforcement told TMZ that the worker was pulled from the tank only after another on the film crew noticed there weren't any bubbles surfacing from the diver's gear.
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